"Well isn't that special..."

The famous quote from Dana Carvey’s “Church Lady” character on Saturday Night Live was the perfect summary of my feelings toward the numbers put up by receivers Josh Gordon and Robert Meachem.

At first I was quite impressed when I heard they both had two touchdown days. I was ready to hit my league’s waiver wire and put in claims...

...until I saw the whole story.

Josh Gordon finished his day with 82 yards and 2 TD’s. Nice day right? Of course. The problem is that his 2 scores were from his only 2 catches on the day. Further troubling to me is that he was targeted 8 times and made only 2 grabs. Personally, just not enough consistency for me to get excited about Gordon.

Same goes for Meachem. His 2 scores were on just 3 catches totaling 67 yards. I would have expected more catches from a talented receiver going up against an abysmal Saints’ defense. If he’s available on the wire, I’m leaving him.

“Could it be...SATAN?”

In the spirit of “Church Lady” who else would this quote refer to but to Lucifer himself, Mr Shanahanigans. Why I bring him up is two-sided. On one hand I got nervous when I saw that Ryan Grant was activated before the game even though yes, there have been injuries to Helu and Royster... but it IS Shanahan we’re talking about. On the other hand, I was thankful he didn’t let Grant get in the way of the rookie from Pensacola rushing for 115 yards on 18 carries. My only complaint is that I would have liked to see them pound the rock a bit more after RG3 was knocked-out (almost literally) and too, that the Falcons are ranked as the 29th overall rushing defense.

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Moving on past the “Church Lady” quotes... just some more of my thoughts on Sunday’s games.

Well... that was anticlimactic...

Adrian Peterson? Going up against the not-so-good Titans defense? Big points to be had right?

Apparently not.

“All Day” rushed 17 times for just 88 yards Sunday. He was also held without a score. Simply not what we would come to expect from one of the leagues most talented runners. Try and use this game and the fact he hasn’t scored since week 1 to “buy low” on him. Throw an offer to your league’s Peterson owner and see if they bite. See if there’s any interest.

Wait... who are you again???

LeSean McCoy has not been who we thought he was. His highest point total so far was 13 points in ESPN standard scoring. He had that point total in both weeks 4 and 5. Week 4 was because of his great 123 yard effort against the Giants, just unfortunate he wasn’t rewarded with a touchdown. On the other hand, in week 5 he was held to a mere 53 yards rushing by the Steelers defense and only a receiving touchdown made his day salvageable fantasy-wise. Unless you make a “swing for the fences” kinda trade... just keep plugging him in there and believe that he is far too talented to stay down. He does have nice matchups in the coming weeks that include Atlanta and New Orleans.

On the other side of the spectrum of “who are you again?” is Tony Gonzalez. This dude is the ageless wonder. The past couple years we have been thinking he was just getting too old and that the offense was passing him by with younger, faster receivers running around the A.T.L. but apparently he keeps on ticking. Gonzalez leads ALL tight ends in standard scoring. More that the great Graham and Gronk. It’s unreal. Will he come back down to earth any time soon? I’m not even going to try and say he will. At 36 he is still getting open seemingly at will. With defenses paying so much attention to Julio Jones and Roddy White, there just isn’t enough personnel to cover Gonzo too. If you have him, keep riding high.

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Now we have Monday Night Football coming up. I have a lot riding on this game. In my work league I am done and ahead by 16 points, but my opponent has the Houston defense going up against the atrocious Jets offense. Will Tebow play? Who knows? Houston could very well dominate “Gang Green” from the first snap.